Armel Richomme v. Agricultural Social Mutuality

Reference :

21700431

Complaint date :

January 18, 2017

Status :

Final judgment

Place of jurisdiction :

France, Rennes

Plaintiffs types :

Farmers, Individuals

Plaintiffs names :

Armel Richomme

Defendants :

Agricultural social mutuality

Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice :

François Lafforgue

Case nature :

Social court

Type(s), Product(s), Active substance(s) :

Herbicide, Glyphosate, Other

Requests :

Recognize the increase in the permanent disability rate in accordance with the indicative scale of disability rates for occupational diseases in the Social Security Code.

Name of the Court :

Social Security Tribunal of Rennes, France

Jurisdiction level :

Decision date :

October 8, 2018

Decision nature :

Positive

Decision content :

The judges confirm that the permanent disability rate of Mr. Armel Richomme is at a rate of 70% and the permanent disability rate for the professional coefficient of Mr. Armel RICHOMME is at a rate of 3%.

Legal basis :

Court Ruling :

No description

Summary :

Armel Richomme, a farmer in Ille-et-Vilaine from 1981, was exposed during his professional activity to many pesticides, until the late 1990s when he began a conversion to organic farming.

In 2012, he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. This disease is registered in the table of occupational diseases in agriculture by a decree of June 9, 2015. His lymphoma is then recognized as an occupational disease. The recognition gives the right to an annuity that depends on the rate of permanent partial disability (IPP). The Mutualité Sociale Agricole's medical advisor evaluates Armel's rate of PPI at 20%.

The plaintiff asked to have a higher disability rate. Following the hearing on 8/10/2018, the judges considered that the plaintiff's permanent disability rate was not 20% but 70%.

Scientific references :

No scientifice reference for this case.